The National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI) is on the final stage of the construction of a 2.5 meters tall clay wall along different sections of the Yaque del Norte River. At some sections the wall is seven meters high.
The retaining wall will protect 8,000 tareas (1 tarea=629 square meters) of rice and banana farms as well as several communities in the province of Montecristi against flooding.
President Danilo Medina, after touring the damage caused by the floods in November 2016, ordered the construction of the wall to protect the communities of Hatillo Palma, Villa Elisa, Palo Verde, Las Bananeras, Rincon Belen and Los Ahogados.
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El Caribe
7 March 2017
